Associations Now

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

An affinity marketing partnership is a great way to connect your members with vendor discounts or special offers. Here are three pitfalls to avoid in creating and nurturing your affinity partnership: Read More “ To Affinity and Beyond: Leverage the Buying Power of Your Member Base ” by Joe Rominiecki [ASAE member login required].

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This was a recent topic in the membership section of ASAE’s Collaborate community [member login required]. Regardless of whether you charge a discounted rate or offer free membership, you probably won’t see an immediate return on investment. Do you offer them discounted or free rates for membership? What Should You Charge?

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MemberClicks

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Email topics could include upcoming event reminders, benefit reminders, volunteer opportunities, special discount codes, etc. How often do you login to your member portal? (Note: With something like an association management system in place, this type of campaign is extremely easy to set up.) What do you like the least?

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GrowthZone

APRIL 23, 2020

In an effort to support organizations during these uncertain times, hundreds of tech companies are offering free use of their product, extended trials, discounts, and more. 1Password : Free business accounts to share logins and other important resources with remote workers. Use discount code “selfcare” at checkout.

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Optimist Consulting

MARCH 30, 2015

One of the topics that came up was how to remind members about the access they have to discounted services or special offers from the membership organisation, and h. We also encourage organisations to add additional links which can direct members to the main company website, or their login area if provided for members.

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Optimist Consulting

MARCH 30, 2015

One of the topics that came up was how to remind members about the access they have to discounted services or special offers from the membership organisation, and h. We also encourage organisations to add additional links which can direct members to the main company website, or their login area if provided for members.

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Optimist Consulting

MARCH 30, 2015

One of the topics that came up was how to remind members about the access they have to discounted services or special offers from the membership organisation, and how to make it easy for them to keep up to date with these kinds of benefits. I recently carried out some membership focus groups for a client.

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Associations Now

MAY 18, 2016

It comes up on ASAE’s Collaborate forum often [member login required].And But pricing for a second audience just adds another layer of complexity: The member discount ought to be enough to make joining attractive, while the nonmember markup shouldn’t be so high as to feel like gouging.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

An affinity marketing partnership is a great way to connect your members with vendor discounts or special offers. Here are three pitfalls to avoid in creating and nurturing your affinity partnership: Read More “ To Affinity and Beyond: Leverage the Buying Power of Your Member Base ” by Joe Rominiecki [ASAE member login required].

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Associations Now

MARCH 8, 2017

In a recent Collaborate discussion (ASAE member login required), association leaders said that they usually increase dues by small amounts every year. When a discount was applied, the member usually renewed the following year at the full rate, Connor says. Such flexibility almost always benefited the association long-term.

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Association Success

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Website logins. Purchases made with member discounts. New member renewal rate – i.e. the number of memberships that continue beyond their first period. Event registrations. Event attendance. Enquiries received. Use of self-service functions. Email opens and clicks. Member benefits used, such as: Member-only resources accessed.

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Associations Now

MAY 13, 2015

And yet the typical method for tying an association’s education programs to its membership package is through a simple member discount (whether as a percentage, a bundle, a voucher, or other). Just some variations on standard tactics: Discounts. An alternative to discounting the price for members might be enhancing the product.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Don’t be like Ken Olsen and discount the massive impact and continuing future potential of personal devices, especially mobile. Blend your website, private member community , and event attendee experience into a single location that members can access with a single login and password. The entire experience is different.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In 2004, it was pretty common for websites or organizations with login mechanisms to use the plaintext approach to sharing passwords. A couple of years ago, the company announced it would give a 10 percent discount to users who turned on two-factor authentication to secure their accounts. Don’t Ignore Security. Incentivize It.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 24, 2012

According to Jerry Elprin’s research (requires a login), there are five key drivers that cause a member to recommend membership to others. With nearly one-third of association membership coming from Word Of Mouth marketing from someone they know, what causes someone to recommend an association?

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Associations Now

MARCH 11, 2015

When it comes to discounts and free trials, you’re either an optimist or a pessimist. If your glass is half empty, you worry that discounts and free offers devalue your product and train customers to expect high value with little cost. It’s even repeating the offer in 2015. Could it work elsewhere?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Don’t discount the young when it comes to your fundraising efforts and strategy. In an ASAE newsletter article [login required], fundraising professional Jerry Panas, CEO of Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners, touched on the idea of getting to the emotional root of giving and suggested making a personal connection with donors.

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AMR Management Services

DECEMBER 19, 2011

These could be applied to members who login to your online community, contribute comments or content, participate in events and conferences or volunteer on committees. Discounts: Whether its the punch card for a free sandwich or a frequent flyer program, those are loyalty programs that keep customers coming back.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 7, 2013

Lurkers are invisible, and it’s difficult if not impossible to measure what value their logins deliver back to the association. . “You want to demonstrate that there’s activity in your community, because people want to be involved with active stuff,” he said. That’s a recruitment problem, not engagement.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

ASAE benchmarking research in 2012 showed more than half of associations (54 percent) utilizing formal member-get-a-member (MGAM) programs for recruitment.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Speaking of security, Naylor’s Marcus Underwood shares some great tips in today’s issue for managing all of your passwords and logins. For example, if a nonmember asks for a list of the organization’s local events, it can provide that information and offer a discount if the person fills out a registration form or pays for a membership.

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Off Stage

JUNE 27, 2011

Of course, your association has many products for members and for the public: offer special sales and discounts, merchant coupons for affiliate members’ services. Your Name: RealTown Members: Click here to login. Give readers an opportunity to post their own experience with products. Permanent Link. Write a Comment.

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Off Stage

JUNE 22, 2011

Offer members with linking websites a discount on a product or service, or a luncheon ticket. Your Name: RealTown Members: Click here to login. (Spend a few minutes with a publication like “131 Link Building Strategies ” to better understand how external links work and why they are important. ) Posted by Judith Lindenau.

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Off Stage

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Offer good customers a discount for early payment. Your Name: RealTown Members: Click here to login. Many may be a few cents away from dissolution and the association will bear the brunt of their demise. Members in good financial standing will resent this turn of events. Ask your association accountant for help in managing cash flow.

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WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Hopefully in this way, you can ease the transition from first meeting to ignite a spark… “Our members appreciate having a single login for all our systems, and the look and feel is far more modern than our previous LMS.”. Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine. Stage Two: Becoming a Trusted Partner.

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Off Stage

JUNE 28, 2010

You can get a 300-seater room for just 60$ a month, and if you want 5 conference rooms with 300 seats each, that is only $75 a month - and they are offering discounts right now. Your Name: RealTown Members: Click here to login. You get a 50 seater room for just $8.97 with ample screen space, 7 active screens and solid support.

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Off Stage

APRIL 13, 2009

In essence what you will be doing is building interest among those reading your messages: “#BARclass early bird registration discount ends”, “Amazing speaker will help your income! Your Name: RealTown Members: Click here to login. BARclass” and so on. (A A word of caution: uses hashtags sparingly!

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